It was another gorgeous morning in Prague for my last morning out, and this time I was lucky enough to get close to one of the tufted ducks on the Vitava River. You may recall that I saw them often in South Holland, but here is where I saw them first on this trip.
I’ve glimpsed or heard long-tailed tits before on this trip, but this morning was my first chance to get a picture. They are nearly the size of a marshmallow on a stick, and not the jumbo-sized, either.
Word must have gotten out that a jay at the top of the hill gave me a hard time yesterday, because today there were at least three jays begging me to take their picture. Actually, it was probably an exasperated parent with some recently fledged youngsters, of course, but I like the first story better.
I was really hoping to catch a blue tit for you this morning, and I did hear a couple, but they otherwise gave me the slip, so here’s a darling little marsh tit, instead, which I first spotted in Ljubljana.
Finally, the Eurasian blackcaps have been plentiful, and here’s one who let me have a picture two days in a row, which is pretty amazing given that I’ve only ever managed to get pictures of them twice before: once in Delft, and once in Shkodër, Albania!
Lastly, this will probably be my last post of this trip, and if things go my way, I’ll be back in Estabrook Park on Friday morning. Wish me luck, and I’ll try to post a place holder to tide you over till then.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 